Latest news on Disaster Risk Reduction
- To help vulnerable communities become resilient to the effects of climate change, financial institutions should support small and medium-size enterprises (SME). In emerging economies, SMEs account for up to 45% of employment and up to 33% of GDP – and these numbers are significantly higher when informal SMEs are included, leading to cascading effects...
- Climate change will change the nature of the Peak District National Park’s qualities and the nature of opportunities for the public to enjoy. This report sets out the progress of the Peak District National Park in preparing for climate change and presents its future approach to managing and monitoring climate change adaptation. The...
- This progress report focuses on how the understanding of climate change implications of the Trinity House, the General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Gibraltar, has developed and what actions have been implemented to address those risks. This report sets out the organisation's...
- On April 21, 2016, the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop during the 2016 Preparedness Summit in the United States of America. Participants discussed the concepts of disaster risk reduction (DRR), their application within U.S. communities through novel and contemporary practices,...
- This paper presents a literature review which highlights the need for more interest to be shown in indigenous knowledge on disaster risk reduction (DRR), especially in the developing country context. The aim is to lead to better strategies which originate from the community level but would aim for overall sustainable development in Africa.This publication's...
- GLIDE number: FF-2016-000093-LAO
Disaster type: Flash Flood, Flood
Affected countries: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Torrential rain from 11 to 12 August has triggered flood and flash flood in the northern provinces of Lao PDR. As reported by the Social Welfare Department (SWD), Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the flood has submerged several villages in…
- Wildfires have been raging across California, the Iberian peninsula, and Provence in the south of France, underlining the growing threat to life and property posed by this natural hazard as global temperatures rise and drought conditions spread in many regions. The GAR 2013 estimated such fires can result in ecosystem service losses of US$146-US$191...
GENEVA, August 11, 2016 - Wildfires have been raging across California, the Iberian peninsula, and Provence in the south of France, underlining the growing threat to life and property posed by this natural hazard as global temperatures rise and drought conditions spread in many regions.
Mr. Robert Glasser, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk…
- This study presents a series of complementary options for a national disaster risk financing strategy for Sri Lanka, drawing significantly from international experience and based on a preliminary review of the current budget management of natural disasters and a prototype fiscal risk analysis in Sri Lanka.The publication identifies...
- This progress report presents the climate change adaptation actions undertaken by the Trinity House, the General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Gibraltar. It also records the risks and their impact in 2015, 2025 and 2055.The actions undertaken for mitigating climate change risk concern the following...